generator

Hi all, My wife and I are planning a vacation on the boat and have considered taking a friend's Honda 2000 watt generator along with us. We would buy/build an adaptor from the generator to the shore power cord to plug into our shore power outlet. We are planning on anchoring out as much as...

This year we hope to spend more time at Catalina and visit some harbors within a day or so of Dana Point. My question is: Does it make sense to carry a small honda generator eu1000i to charge my batteries. I understand I could do this with my engine, but she is very old and tired and was...

Hello All, I borrowed a Honda "suitcase" style generator from another sailboater this afternoon to charge up my batteries. It was a 2000watt unit, pretty light, compact and extremely quiet. I was very impressed. I plugged it into my shore power hookup and ran the battery charger (Xantrex...

I removed and took apart the generator after battery would not stay charged. It is well built and servicable looking. It is a 12 volt 55 amp generator. The brushes look good. There is a electronic module that I suspect because there is 0 volts on the output with the engine running...